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Brewed by Downton
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Salisbury, England
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RATINGS: 102   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.15   EST. CALORIES: 204   ABV: 6.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask: Regular - 6.8% & Bottled: Unfiltered - 7.0%.
A traditional India Pale Ale, brewed with a hugely increased hop rate for a strong, floral aroma, and a powerful, bitter taste. This award winning IPA is seriously drinkable, but deceptively strong…. not a beer to be taken lightly! Strong, hoppy and refreshing. Bursting with hoppy resin flavours and citrus, this is an IPA with a bite. Light enough in flavour to be refreshing for the summer, yet strong enough to be warming in the winter.


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3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JUN 10, 2008
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Light light unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, resin. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Ungstrup (26267) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - JAN 8, 2006
[Cask at GBBF 2005 - listed as Chimera IPA with the same ABV] A hazy orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy - a bit too light for my liking. The flavor is sweet and rather hoppy with a dry grassy end.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yespr (26103) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - JAN 12, 2008
Half pint from cask at Charlies. Pours slight hazy yellow with a diminished white head. Mild fruity hoppy aroma. Flavour is sweet fruity hops with a sweet caramel malt base, but dominated by hops. Light fruity finish, mellow bitterness in the finish.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Papsoe (25131) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 14, 2010
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours golden with a slight haze and a frothy white head leaving some lacework. Some hops in the nose but also a phenollic touch. Solid body, some unclean fruitiness and phenols. Rough and unsophisticated bitterness. 140810

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - JAN 22, 2007
Casked (as Chimera IPA, 6.7%). Honeyish golden colour with foamy white, longlasting head. Aroma is honey, nectar, hops and slight earthyness. Flavour is enormously flowery hops balanced up with some honey and spices. Spices and grass mainly dominate the aftertaste. A very pleasant one.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
omhper (17478) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - MAR 27, 2007
Bottled. Clear golden. Citric nose. Sweet malt mixes with sugar and multi-fruit juice blend. Near full bodied with softm, rounded mouthfeel. Long salty finish. Interesting beer, but well sweet.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
joergen (17353) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - DEC 10, 2007
Cask at Charlies. Cloudy golden coloured with a white ehad. Aroma of fruits, yeast, apples and hops. Fruity flavour of hops, grape fruits and pine needles. Dry hoppy finish.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (12756) - Malmö, SWEDEN - OCT 11, 2006
Bottle. Clear golden colour with a white head. Malty hoppy aroma. Sweet malty hoppy flavor. Long malty hoppy bitter finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Dedollewaitor (12291) - Odense, DENMARK - AUG 23, 2010
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2010. Pours cloudy golden with a creamy egg white head and lacings. Nose is yeast and citrus hops. Dry and bitter. A bit of rubber and fruit. Quite raw.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
MiP (12183) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - AUG 14, 2010
Bottle, 7.0%. OK grassy hop aroma. Cloudy pale yellow colour. Small stable white head. The flavour has a good malt base, subtle and clean. A good yeast note, nice and clean baking yeast. Good mouthfeel. The hop note is also there, grassy and nice.


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